San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-15
ALouSY JURY ROOM.
The Grand Jury On Their Ear-Not
Inclined to be Lousy-A Change
of Venue Taken.

The Grand Jury On Their Ear-Not
Inclined to be Lousy-A Change
of Venue Taken.
The grand Jury yesterday found this
city not nearly SO sleepy as had been
previously imagined. More life was
found about the courthouse than had
been imagined by the Oldest inhabltant.
twas found to be alive, not dead, alive
with yermin. These pests have invad-
ed the sacred precincts OF law and laid
their pestiferous trail along the oorri-
doris OF Justice. They drove the grand
jury out OF their room yesterday and an
inspection OF the whole buildin, re-
veals the fact that the upper story
has been seized upon by the
bats, who have gained acoess
to Its walls through faulty
construction and have rendered IL so
filthy, so overrun with vermin, 80 foul
with their deposits as to make Ii no
longer tenantable by human beings.
The county commissioners called to-
gether yesterday evening by the county
Judge to look over matters found the
very worst suggestions OF the grand
jury foreman. Col Belknap, confirmed,
and their verdict was that the
whole upper story was prey to bats
and the parasites that infest their
bodies. The grand jury room was
abandoned and the jury furnished
quarters In the French building,
and the whole courthouse is In
ment Is only question OF time,
and abort fima of thar
During the inspection Judge Wurz-
bach laid before the commissioners a
proposition made by his honor, the
mayor, to construct a building for the
Joint occupancy OF the county and city.
This scheme suited the commissioners
to dot and they were ready to talk.
Judge WurzDach's proposition was for
a $780, coo building in the center OF Main
plaza, the grounds to be converted into
park, with walks, flower beds and fOun-
tains. A building three stores high,
l00x10), feet, was talked over with sug-
gestions for market stalls on the ground
floor, city and county offices on first
main floor, second floor for court room
and third story for jury rooms. A meet
ing OF conference WAS called for this
morning at IL O'Clock to give the CON-
mittee on city hall cite an opportunity
W mttt Win Tue COuutI
Commissioner Umscheid was appoint
ed committee to clean out the court
house, by the following order: ut Is or
dered that Commissioner Umscheid be
and ia hereby authorized to take all nee"
essary steps to remove all bat deposits,
etc., on the south wall and in the south
rooms of the courthouse building and to
examine into the complaint made by the
grand jury now In session; and that
Commissioner Umscheid make all con-
tracts to carry out the object of this or
der"
The commissioners met the site commit
tee this morning at ll:3O. They talked the
matter over at great length pro and con.
The commissioners were In favor Of
locating the joint courthouse 10 the mid
die Of the Military plaza, and SO were
the members of the site committee.
However, the Mayor asked them "if
they could not get the Military plaza,
would they cooperate with the city in
building a joint courthouse on one of
the sides fronting on this plaza. A vote
was finally taken and Military plaza
was unanimously chosen as the site.
The county will cooperate with the city
to its fullest extent and can be depend
ed on for 100000 anyhow.